Fun piece from @rossandersen.bsky.social about the "Hubble tension"--the problem that different methods for measuring the expansion of the universe give apparently incompatible results, which is leading some researchers to believe that something is drastically wrong with standard cosmological ideas.

Grateful for this essay by my friend @ibogost.bsky.social

Can Steve Witkoff, Trump's friend and golfing partner, make world peace? @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports: https://theatln.tc/8b2ZQDNs

“It is these constitutional obstacles to a tyrannical president that have made America the greatest nation on Earth for almost 250 years, not the fallen America that Trump delusionally thinks he’s going to make great again tomorrow,” J. Michael Luttig writes:

"'Ian, are you conscious or are you a vegetable?' Geoff teased during one of my visits. 'I think you’re a vegetable. I think you look like a kumquat.'" From fascinating, tragic, harrowing, heartwarming story of brain injury & consciousness. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“Rather than following a foreign policy that ignores values altogether,” writes @jonathanbchait.bsky.social. “Trump has a clear preference for values that are, in the American context, historically anomalous or—to put it in less neutral terms—bad”:

"The president’s utter contempt for the Constitution and laws of the United States has been on spectacular display since Inauguration Day." Essential piece by Reagan administration alum and longtime George H.W. Bush-appointed federal judge J. Michael Luttig. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

@adriennelaf.bsky.social: “Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America.”

Happy publication day to @dgraham.bsky.social and may this image live forever

"Trump has opened up a trapdoor beneath the American legal system. This trapdoor is wide enough to swallow the entire Constitution....Trump can, if he wishes, imprison any dissident, judge, journalist, member of Congress, or candidate for office." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The Trump administration has quietly doubled down on its decision to stop sending emergency food to children starving in Bangladesh, Somalia, and other countries. Without urgent intervention, these children might die within months, @hana-kiros.bsky.social reports. https://theatln.tc/kQAZFJJw

Key reporting from @nickmiroff.bsky.social: Trump is waaay behind on his deportation goals. So officials want to enlist private contractors and deputize thousands of sheriffs and local police officers to start deporting people in their towns: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

"Harvard is changing course, perhaps because it grasped the true takeaway from Columbia’s cautionary tale: Appeasement doesn’t work, because the Trump administration isn’t really trying to reform elite higher education. It’s trying to break it." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Everybody should read this essay by @nellminow.bsky.social, who tells the story of the time her father refused a direct order from the president: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The cartoonist R. Crumb was called a sicko, a misogynist, a racist, @galbeckerman.bsky.social writes. But by dredging his subconscious, he found something the culture was craving.

“By continuing to punish Columbia even after the school gave in to its demands, the administration also appears to have overplayed its hand. If cooperation and even capitulation don’t get you anywhere, why should other universities give in?”

Wrote about my love for wonky janky human faces www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

"When I look at Trump acolytes, I see a swarm of Neville Chamberlains who think they’re Winston Churchill." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has employed political appointees to make cookies and serve meals, @michaelscherer.bsky.social and @ashleyrparker.bsky.social report. "On at least one occasion, a political appointee was told to recook the cookies because the batch was subpar." theatln.tc/Xo3eE3Jm

🚨More news, this time from Isaac Stanley-Becker. Excellent and important reporting about fear and capitulation as defining qualities of the new Trump era: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I spoke with Chimamanda about America, which is starting to seem no different to her than Nigeria.

"Let’s start with security guarantees. Putin has never agreed to them for Ukraine—in any form" Read Bob Kagan on the Trump capitulation to Russia www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Tim Alberta spent time with Elissa Slotkin in the hours before her speech on Tuesday. A fascinating report on one Democrat trying to make sense of it all:

“For some of the workers, it was their second time being fired in a month.” @matteowong.bsky.social on the chaos inside 18F:

“The federal government’s main personnel agency, which had sent Saturday’s government-wide email, had quietly instructed agencies midday Monday that a response was voluntary. Those instructions effectively rescinded Musk’s threats.”

This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A list of more officers who might be fired is circulating among a small group of lawmakers on armed services committees in the House and Senate.The list isn’t final. Still subject to the whims of POTUS… @shaneharris.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Be clear about what you are seeing. The firing of these senior officers has nothing to do with competence. This is creating an oath of loyal by the Armed Forces to the Leader. We face an uncertain future.

If you missed this when The Atlantic first published it, now is a good time to read it. Gift link here so it’s free for anyone to read: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

A must-read about how to deal with online trolls.

“The contractor said that she had placed her government laptop in her closet at home, underneath a pile of clothes, in case DOGE was using it to listen to her private conversations.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

The @latimes reviews "Stuck," calling it "insightful," and saying it "skillfully blends zoning history with ... reportage." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

NEW: Two weeks ago gov't IT experts warned us that the worst case scenario would be if DOGE got full admin access to agency systems. We can report at at least one agency DOGE has unfettered "god mode" access. Our latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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Big if true. x.com/khamenei_ir/...

"Rupert sat slouched and silent throughout the deposition.... Every so often, though, he would pick up his phone and type. Finally, James realized why. 'He was texting the lawyer questions to ask,” James told me. “How fucking twisted is that?' www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"Attempts to defund science on the whole could affect work across fields, throttling drug discovery, clinical trials, climate adaptation, and more." Read the whole thing, from @katherinejwu.com: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Destroying the civil service is just the beginning, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to replace America’s political system. theatln.tc/gGJvwKDJ

"When I finally found people to have sex with me—I had to attend Oberlin to complete the task—my expression upon disrobing resembled that of a dog looking up at his mistress after a bowel movement of hazmat proportions." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

During a deposition last year, Rupert Murdoch sat next to his lawyer who argued—explicitly—that Fox News is successful because it gives viewers what they want, and then cited its post-2020 election denial coverage as an example. The candor is pretty wild: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

I've spent the past year talking to James Murdoch about his father's "twisted" behavior, the mind games at the family-counseling retreat, how Fox News really works, and the war over his family's media empire. My cover story for The Atlantic's April edition: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

James Murdoch is breaking his silence in a very big way. This @mckaycoppins.bsky.social piece is a stop-what-you're-doing-and-read story for media insiders, Fox and News Corp employees, and "Succession" fans: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Trump administration has slammed the door shut on refugees from all over the world, but there is one particular group he is welcoming. I bet you can guess why. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

DOGE could blow American spies’ cover, @shaneharris.bsky.social writes. Counterintelligence is in crisis:

America doesn't have an affordable housing crisis—we've got a mobility crisis. The first excerpt of my book "Stuck" is out this morning, as @theatlantic.com's March cover story. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“Engineers in Gaza have no time for bluster and fantasy about the place they know as home,” Claudine Ebeid writes. “They must deal every day with the damage already done, knowing that it cannot easily be undone.”

“‘Upgrading’ a system of which you know nothing about is a good way to break it, and breaking air travel is a worst-case scenario,” one FAA employee told @theatlantic.com. “It could easily get to a place where you can’t guarantee the safety of flights taking off and landing.”

You have to read this. Just trust me. @Shteyngart is so so hilarious. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

My first piece for @theatlantic.com shares some thoughts on what it will take to rebuild Gaza. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...